War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Overcast with occasional sunshine this early-evening Thursday here in California’s Central Valley — earlier this morning looked like we faced another hot, sweltering day, but instead, later on, smoggy-looking/Tule fog-like clouds covered the sun, creating a relatively cool afternoon. A nice respite in the oncoming swelter of summer. Meanwhile, among the news items piling up…
Sick place, America, right now. In much of our goings-on, there’s a shitload of cruelty, hypocrisy, and self-centered screaming against doing/being good to our fellow humans. A certain view disallows any other, with malice aforethought. That leaked SCOTUS opinion has raised the stakes on natural freedom and choice — the future is dark, dystopian and…
Upper reaches of the word ‘warm‘ this late-afternoon/early-evening Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — short of 6 PM right now and even with a slight breeze it’s reportedly 98-degrees outside. Shit-on-a-barbeque-stick. I was out back earlier taking a B&M (Wine-Wood Tip) break and the air was pushing a hot-summer breeze. After some doomscrolling the…
Tidal wave, bomb, blow-out, and maybe hundreds of other words could have been used today to describe the SCOTUS leaked opinion from last night, and the punch back from everyone with a thought on the matter, yet there’s only one real meaning to this shit — cruel and usual circumstances at last on the podium…
Near midday Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — still nice outside with a cool, refreshing wind, which without would be heat-filled catastrophic. Also on the humane ‘catastrophic‘ scale is the major news of the-now well known leaked SCOTUS opinion outlawing Roe v Wade, and the shit has totally hit the fan, especially from anyone…
(Illustration: ‘Man writing Painting,’ by Rebecca Beris, and found here). Sunny and breezy this early-evening Sunday here in California’s Central Valley — May Day, May Day! This year is whiplash-throttling down the tracks, huh? I haven’t posted for more than a week, been tied up with some other personal life-sized items, all good, but strange.…
Bright with a brisk wind this late-afternoon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — supposedly the first day on a run of a-many sunshine-filled days ahead along with increasing temperatures as summer looms like a swollen and dry lymph node. Non-relative humor and insanity work best sometimes when it just gets too crazy to be…
One of the most-confounding wonders of the nowadays is why the shit T-Rump isn’t on trial somewhere, anywhere for all the obvious, out-in-the-open crimes he’s committed since he was an asshole kid. Especially in trying to subvert an election and instigate an insurrection Despite evidence to the contrary, he’s skated. And a former close associate/confidenat…
Overcast under threat of rain near-noon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley — although no precipitation the last couple of hours, forecast is for supposedly ‘heavy rain’ this afternoon. Time will tell, however. A resident of California now 40 years last month, I was a southern guy in my youth, especially spent a big chunk…
Sunny and pleasant this late-afternoon Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — rain maybe tomorrow, but that’s another day. Let’s just wait and see as weather is always dry nowadays even when it’s dampishly wet. Scrolling the news cycle has hardened into some horrible shit, from physical brutal, deadly and bloody like in Ukraine (or…
